WEBVTT SASHA: RESEARCHES ARE LOOKIN FOR TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOSQUITOES. BOTH ARE FOUND IN SOME SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO COUNTIES. AND TODAY THEY WANT TO SEE IF ANY ARE HERE IN BERNALILLO COUNTY RESEARCHERS SAY THE TWO TYPES OF MOSQUITOES FREQUENT THREE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO COUNTIES. AND THEY ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WANT TO SEE JUST HOW FAR THESE MOSQUITOES ARE TRAVELING IN OUR STATE. THEY WILL TRAP MOSQUITOES IN 24 OF THE 33 COUNTIES. THIS PROJECT WILL HELP HEALTH OFFICIALS PLAN FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCAL ZIKA INFECTIONS AND REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTION RESEARCHERS SAID THEY WANTED TO START THIS PROJECT FOUR YEAR AGO BUT NO ONE REALLY WANTED TO FU IT UNTIL THIS YEAR WHEN THE VIRUS WAS LINKED TO SEVERE BIRTH DEFECTS IN BRAZIL AND OTHER NATIONS. NEW MEXICO HAS HAD 4 REPORTED CASES OF ZIKA. BUT ALL 4 WERE INFECTED